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Listener Samuel from Kansas City,

Shalom Samuel wrote, I think it would be worth doing an episode focused on how time is generally communicated in

colloquial speech.

There have to be some abbreviations used in speech I don't know yet, and when a specific time is given is it typically told via standard 24-hour time or using

something similar to the way Americans use AM PM.

She's a lot of us. I'm well to to Darba. Let's talk about it today.

In official publications, website and signs, we used at 24 hour time, so 4 PM is 1,600 1,600 6 PM is 1800 and 8 PM is 20 hundred. This is also how we

would write it on wedding invitations, leaflets about demonstrations, etc.

But here's how we deal with time in our everyday digital life,

when we send a message to a friend on what's app or on other social media

networks we usually just use the shortest way we can. So if Gashim

Bacheh, are we meeting at six?

Will probably be written as Nifugashim, Bé, the letter Bet,

and then the word sheesh, shin' shin' shin' so Beshish, bet, shin, or B, Macaf, hyphen, and number six.

Please look at the show notes where I write out these different variations.

In episode number 142, spoke about what's-ap Hebrew and the kind of language we use there, so go back and have a listen.

To answer your question, Samuel, since we use the 24 hour time format we don't use

AM PM but when you write to friends 7 if it's in the morning you're going to

make sure they get it and don't think it's in the morning, you're going to make sure they get it and don't think it's in the evening.

So naturally you'll write Shev Abokker.

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